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[personal profile] dorchadas
We've been wondering what it was that Japan did right during the plague, and it turns out the answer might be "Nothing, they just got lucky and also weren't looking very hard." So now that measures are getting more serious, the prime minister's plan is to give two cloth masks to each family and not declare an emergency and one of my friends is incandescently angry about it:
MAD MAYUKO: FURY ROAD
OUR GOVERNMENT IS GONNA THANKFULLY PROVIDE US WITH 2 FACE MASKS PER FAMILY, AND THAT'S ALL WE ARE GONNA GET FOR NOW!!!

一世帯にマスク2枚とか舐めとんのかまじで。
思うところある人はご意見箱送りましょう。

https://ssl.jimin.jp/m/contacts?_ga=2.218572767.718434029.1585740608-137330075.1584788552
The Japanese part reads:
"Just tossing us two masks per family and thinking that's enough? Are you kidding me?
If you think the same, let's write in and let them know."
And then a link to the Liberal Democratic Party's site for sharing opinions.

I've never seen her post about politics ever, so this definitely caught me by surprise. Especially the leader at the top of her post.

Date: 2020-Apr-02, Thursday 20:07 (UTC)
norfolkian: (Default)
From: [personal profile] norfolkian
My dad, who is an essential worker (he fixes back-up power generators, usually for large companies or buildings including hospitals), told me that some of his colleagues - after complaining about lack of PPE - got given one disposal mask each.